OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14273155
ROLLER--CONST EQUIP,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,LIVER,CRUSHED,TRUCK,DUMP TRUCK,TRAILER,INATTENTION
Event description
CRUSHED BETWEEN BACK OF TRUCK AND CARGO BEING LOADED
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS INSTRUCTED BY HIS FOREMAN TO LOAD A 1986 BOMAG 142 D ROLLER ONTO THE FRONT OF THE ROLLER. ONE CAN ONLY SPECULATE THAT EMPLOYEE #1 EXPOSED HIMSELF TO THE HAZARD IN ORDER TO SET THE PIN SECURING THE TILT TRAILER BED. EMPLOYEE # 1 DIED FROM A MASSIVE LIVER TRANSECTION. A TILT TRAILER (TO BE TRANSPORTED TO A CONSTRUCTION SITE). ALTHOUGH THE JOB NOR MALLY REQUIRED ONLY ONE MAN TO COMPLETE, THE EMPLOYEE NOTICED EMPLOYEE #1 NEARBY AND ASKED HIM TO HELP. EMPLOYEE #1 AGREED TO HELP. WHILE THE OTHER EMPLOYEE DRO VE THE ROLLER ONTO THE TILT TRAILER, EMPLOYEE #1 STOOD BY AND OBSERVED. WHILE TH E ROLLER WAS BEING POSITIONED ON THE TRAILER, EMPLOYEE #1 PLACED HIMSELF BETWEEN THE TILT TRAILER AND DUMP TRUCK TO WHICH THE TRAILER WAS ATTACHED. NOT REALIZIN G EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BETWEEN THE TRAILER AND DUMP TRUCK, THE OTHER EMPLOYEE DROVE T HE ROLLER FORWARD AND PINNED EMPLOYEE #1 BETWEEN THE REAR OF THE DUMP TRUCK AND
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 27
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 2
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